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THIS WEEK

New university policy means drug-free workplace

B y J E F F R E Y D e llK K D T I U P U I it now a drug-free campus, according to tht u niver­

sity's new drug-free workplace policy.

The university has adopted, under form er President Reagan's D ru g-F ree W orkplace Act o f 1988 passed last October, a policy o f a drug-free campus.

T^e act allow s the cutting off of federal funds from institutions not complying with the

guidelines it specifies.

The 1988 act states that a con­

tract far more than $25,000 will not be given to an institution that has not established a drug- free program.

The D ru g-Free W orkplace Act requires that the institution es­

tablish its own policy o f dealing with substance abuse, establish a drug-free aw areness program and report any federal drug con­

victions or violations occurring in the work place.

Indiana University complied with the act by establishing its policy at the end o f last week, the federal deadline for estab­

lishing such a policy.

"W e ’re kind of in a transition period because of the deadline,"

said W illiam Plater, dean of faculties and executive vice chancellor at I U P U I

U n d er the policy any em ploy­

ee, "including, but not limited to, student-hourly, non-student hourly and appointed employ­

ees" can be subject to discipline up to and including dismissal if found m anufacturing, distribut­

ing, dispensing, possessing or using illegal drugs on university property.

“T h e policy has no bearing on drug testing," said Ellen Poffen- berger, I U P U I special projects director for personnel.

"W e are not going to put tails on people and look in their bedroom windows to see if they're shooting up,” said C liff

K. Travis, university counsel for IU .

Poffenberger said that the sole purpose o f the program is to make university employees aw are of the risks of substance abuse and its penalties

"W hat I’ve been concerned about is developing a program and asking all the deans to p a r­

ticipate,” said Plater.

Most o f the education pro­

gram s now installed are geared S ee

EMPLOYEES.

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Low Student Government turnout means easy

B y C H R I S F L E C K

W ith the Student Governm ent elections less than a week away, the contest has already been declared no contest.

M any o f the positions up for election, including that o f presi­

dent, have only a single candi­

date to m ark on the election b a l­

lo t Fourteen o f the 17 divisional senator seats have no candidate.

There are no candidates for vice president or controller.

See box, Page 4

The only contest that is a con­

test is for the senator at large seats, with five candidates vying for the three positions.

win for most candidates

“I’m appalled by the turn out,"

said Robert Fong, the current Student Governm ent vice presi­

dent. Fong also lam ented the traditionally low turnout at the polls. In years past, about .5 percent o f the 23,000 to 25,000 students have voted in the a n ­ nual election.

" I f people don’t vote, they will, in part, loee the right to determine their own destiny and to voice their opinion on campus matters,” said Fong. "The per­

son who doesn't vote has no right to complain."

"I don't think many students realise that problems such as parking, housing, and technol­

ogy fees are looked at and de­

cided upon by the Student G o v ­

ernm ent," Fong said.

"W hen you don’t vote, you have not let your representa­

tives know w hat issues are im ­ portant to you," Fong said. “So instead you allow the Student Governm ent to tell you w hat is important."

Elections begin Saturday in the University Library from 9 a m. to 2 p.m. O n A pril 10 and 11, all voting will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. W eek day polls willHhq in the Union Buildina, the U n i ­ versity Library, at Herron and at the 38th Street campus. All students with a valid picture ID will be eligible to vote.

O f the preeent Student Gov- See

ELECTION.

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Contest offers bumper-bucks

A sk not what you can do for your car, but w hat your car can do for you.

Beginning this week, cars sporting an I U P U I 20th A n ­ niversary bum per sticker are eligible for weekly prizes.

“W e want more eense of ownership in the anniversary, and especially am ong the stu­

dents," said Joan Dalton, coor­

dinator o f IU P U T s 20th A n ­ niversary Celebration.

To that end, the N ational In ­ stitute for Fitness and Sports and the U niversity Place Hotel have agreed to provide the prizes for the three week con­

test

Each week, the license plate num ber o f a car decorated with one o f the red and gold bum per stickers, available free of charge at all o f the I U P U I bookstores, will be printed in the Briefly section on P age 2 o f The Sagamore.

The first week’s winner will receive a m em bership at the N a ­ tional Institute of Fitness and Sport for the rem ainder o f 1989.

The second week’s prise is din­

ner for four at Chancellor’s Restaurant in the University Place Hotel. The final w eek’s prise is an overnight stay for two, breakfast included, in one o f the Presidential Suites at the hotel.

C ars parked at the 38th Street campus, the Herron cam pus and the Michigan Street campus are eligible far the contest, sponsored by the 20th A n n iver­

sary Celebration Committee The w inning license plate num bers will be announced in the April 10, April 17 and April

24 issues o f The Sagamore. W in ­ ners w ill need to provide their car’s license registration farm far proof of ownership and should contact Dalton at her of­

fice in Adm inistration Building 120, 355 N . Lan sin g S t , or by calling 274-3800.

T h i s is one way o f showing our appreciation of the whole area," said Lori Kellum , chief o f staff at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport.

"W e ’re part of the university and that’s why w e’re doing it,"

said Per Moller, general m an­

ager o f the University Place Hotel.

Victim of summer registration? No. this bag of bones is a counterweight in Peter Shelton's Tloatinghouse DE ADMAN" on display at the Tempo­

rary Contemporary Gallery, 520 W New York

Photo by ED W ILIFO R D

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The SAGAMORE A p ril 3,1989

IU P U I observes 20th year by ‘ Dancin’ at the R o o f’

N ow that dancing on the ceiling has become passe, try dancing on the roof.

Tickets are available now for lU P U I ’s second annuul “Dancin’ at the Roof* Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m. until midnight, featuring a buffet din ­ ner and music by A1 Colbine and his 15-piece band.

The semi-formal dance at the Indiana Roof Ballroom at the top o f the Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W . W ashington St., celebrates

spring and I U P U r s 20th anniversary. The S tu ­ dent Activity Program m ing Board is sponsoring the event.

Tickets are $8 for students, $15 for others, and are available weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Student Activities Office, in Room 002 in the basement o f the University Library, 815 W , Michigan St.

Ticket sales end at noon on April 10 and will not be sold at the door.

Students add miles to M P G in drive for contest win

Engineering and science students are helping the world get a little more m ileage out of their cars, about 6,409 miles per gallon more.

A group of science and engineering students from I U P U I are participating in the S uper M ile­

age Vehicle Competition sponsored by the Society o f Automotive Engineers to be held at the Eaton Corporation’s Proving G rounds at M arshall, Mich., on June 2-3. Last year’s w orld­

wide winners achieved 6,409 miles per gallon with no solar or wind power allowed. The stu­

dents are participating in the vehicle's research and development.

The Sciences Engineering and Technology stu­

dents will also participate in the Shell Puelathon, to be held in O akville, Ontario, C a n ­ ada on M ay 23-25. Tw o vehicles are allowed per school, so other students are able to participate.

N asser Paydar, mechanical engineering at the School o f Engineering and Technology and fac­

ulty adviser and Rodger Gougler, American Society of Mechanical Engineers vice president and project chairman, are responsible for the vehicle and can be reached at 274-9716 and 841-0284 respectively.

Medical students find scholarships in records

Two IU P U I students have been named the 1989 Indiana Medical Record Association Scholarship recipients.

I U P U I students Lynda Jackowiak and M a r ­ iana Eisert, and Vincennes University student Betty Grove received the aw ard s based upon academic achievement, professional involve­

ment and dedication to the medical record profession.

Jackowiak and Eisert are seniors in the M ed i­

cal Record Adm inistration Program at the I U Medical Center. Grove is a senior in the Medical Record Technology Program at Vincennes. All three are members o f the Am erican Medical Record Association.

The recipients will be recognised at the 1989 1M RA Annual Meeting, A pril 5-7, in In ­ dianapolis.

Dental school receives $68,500 boost for fellowships

Minority student services in the Indiana U n i­

versity School o f Dentistry at I U P U I recently was nwarded $68,500 for high school and college student fellowships.

Three of the aw ards, am ounting to $1,500 each, will fund High School Student Research Apprentice Fellowships, an 8-10 week program for area teens interested in exploring dentistry as a career according to LaForrest D. G a m er, director o f minority student services in the

School o f Dentistry.

Interested minority students should contact their school guidance counselors.

Also, four Patricia Roberts H arris Fellowship awards, $16,000 each, will fund college study for two current fellows and two beginning dentistry students this fall.

For more information, contact G a m e r at 274- 5625.

Women’s Studies sponsors essay contest on activists

$100 will be aw ard ed for the winning essay in the ‘'W omen as Activists’* contest, sponsored by I U P U I W om en’s Studies. Essays on women who have made a difference in the lives of others are appropriate for submission. Essays may be any style or length.

Submit three copies to Linda H aas, director of

W om en’s Studies, C avanaugh 503F. Include name, social security number, address, and phone num ber on a separate sheet o f paper. E s ­ says should be submitted by A pril 17.

The winner will be announced at the School of Liberal Arts Honors D ay April 21.

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N O T I C E S d e a d lin e is T h u r s d a y at noon.

T O D AY

C urtis A u lt o f ths Indiana Geological Survey in Bloomington will address ths topic o f “Faulting and Jointing in Indiana andita Causes and Effscts,* at 4 p.m. in Cavanaugh 435. C all Jackis Bates, 274- 7484, for information.

T U E S D A Y

The Andros Society welcomes all returning older students to join them for lunch-time conversation and fellowship in C avanaugh 001D from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. B ring your own lunch. C all Gena McCormick at 885-1059 for information.

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L a rry Sweany, controller for A U L will addrees the topic “Ac­

counting in the Insurance Industry,* from 4 to 5 p.m. in Business/

S P E A 4093. Call 577-9383 for information.

W E D N E S D A Y

Doyle M cAllister o f the Indiana State Tkachers Association will address ths topic o f teacher contracts from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in ths third floor commons area of Education/Social Work.

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Steven W eiaenburger o f the University o f Kentucky will address the topic "Analyzing N arrative Errors: T h s Exam ple o f T h s Color Purple- from 4 to 5 p.m. in C avanaugh 438.

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Scott Fee will addrees ths subject o f "C aving in Costa Rica" at 7:30 p.m. in ths Indiana W a r M em orial at Pennsylvania and M ichi­

gan streets. Call 885-8759 for information.

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Three historians from ths French public history consulting firm, Public Histoirs, will discuss a variety o f historical subjects and answer questions beginning at 4 p.m. in Bueineea/SPEA 4095. Call 274-3811 for information.

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Bob Kirk will addrees ths topic "Social Security • W ill it ba there when you retire?" from noon to 1 p.m. in C avanaugh 349. A ll inter­

ested students are invited to attend.

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Tha I U P U I Spanish C lu b will sponsor a conversation hour from 4 to 5 p.m. in ths southwest com er o f the University Place Hotel food court. C all 274-8957 for information.

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Stan Pons o f ths University o f U tah will ba ths guest speaker at this week’s chemistry sem inar to taka place at 4:30 p.m. in K rannert 131. C all 274-6872 for information.

F R ID A Y

On-cam pus recruiting with tha U .8 . Departm ent o f Commerce - Census Bu reau will take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m.

in Business/SPEA 2003. Students m ust sign up in ths 8tudent Employment Office for an appointm ent

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Douglas H u rem a will discuss ths requirements o f the School of Business Honors Program from noon to 1 p.m. in Businesa/SPEA 2004. All interested students are invited. Call 274-2466 for informa-

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The I U P U I Counseling Center will sponsor the workshop “Fear o f Tests" on April 10th from 5 to 8 p.m. in ths office at 419 N . Blackford St.

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Liberal A rts students, faculty and guests are invited to attend the School o f Liberal Arts annual honors convocation, to ba held Friday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in tha University Place Executive Confer­

ence Center Ballroom. Special aw ard s to be presented include the faculty medal for academic distinction for the outstanding 1988-89 graduate, the outstanding resident faculty and associate faculty aw ard s and a variety o f aw ard s for outstanding undergraduates.

Call 274-3976 for information.

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Tickets for the April 13 Spring Dance at the Indiana Roof Ballroom are on sale in the Student Activities Office, University Library 002. Tickets are $8 for students and $15 for non-students.

Requests can be submitted through the campus mail.

Use the Sagamore classified ads.

Only 20c a word. Call 274-3456.

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Ethnic diversity course will avoid using textbooks

B y M I C K M o G R A T H Laced throughout th# molting pot o f Am oricon culturo oro tho indelible otroino o f ethnidty, liko streaks in a lodo o f iron oro.

In order that students at Indi­

an a U niversity hotter under­

stand tho history and impact o f tho diversity o f peoples that call themselves Am ericans, a pilot course on ethnic minorities will debut this fall at IU P U I , I U - N o rthw est in G a ry and IU -E a s t in Richmond.

"R ie r e is an obvious value in students developing an a p ­ preciation o f the diversity o f cul­

ture and ethnic minorities,1* said Monroe Little, assistant profes­

sor o f history and director o f Afro-Am erican Studies at

IU P U I.

I t a class, “Ethnic M inorities in Am erica,1* (S200) will be available in the fall an d spring semesters next year. It is not listed in the fall course catalog because the curriculum com­

mittee still needs to review it, Little said. Little said he hoped the review would be completed in time to advertise the course before fall registration A p ril 10- 14 and 17-20.

A fter the pilot run next year, a series o f assessments o f the course will follow with a final goal o f im plem enting the course system-wide on the eight IU campuses as a requirem ent for all I U freshmen.

The impetus for the course comes from I U President

Thomas Ehrlich’s academic planning paper, "Indiana: One University; Indiana at its Best."

Also under consideration to be added to the class requirements for freshmen are courses in ethics and values, and quantita­

tive and analytical reasoning.

Formed last fall, a committee chaired by IU -N o rth w est sociol­

ogy professor B arry Johnson de­

veloped the outline for the course. Little began working with the committee in December on plans to implement the pilot course at the three campuses.

T ^e committee chose I U P U I, IU -N orthw eet and IU -E a st as the sites for the pilot course b e­

cause it "w anted one (cam pus) that w as large, one that w as m e­

dium and one that w as sm all,"

said Little.

The three credit hour course will draw from the social sciences and history or the social sciences and English for faculty.

T h e approach is somewhat * unique in that the course is going to rely on using docu­

ments and original , texts:

autobiographies, novels, diaries, short stories and essays," Little said.

The primary emphasis of the course will be on African- Am ericans and Hispanics, but other groups such as Asian- Americans, American Indians and European im m igrants will be included in the curriculum.

In recent years, liberal arts curricula across the country have come under fire from

people such as University of Chicago professor Allan Bloom and former U.S. Secretary o f E d ­ ucation W illiam Bennett for moving aw ay from a traditional, Nrlaseics-bound course of stlidy.

"Bennett thought that stu­

dents should be reading original texts rather than textbooks, be­

cause textbooks are boring, for one thing, and textbooks serve as a filter between the student and the original text," Little said.

He sees the deeign of the course as possibly something to emulate throughout the cu r­

riculum.

“I hope that this course might serve as a framework for a redesign of the undergraduate curriculum someday."

Sore feet will yield to nimble digits for fall registration

B y D A V E C L A R K

A few m inutes on the tele­

phone w ill replace the hours o f standing in line w aiting to regis­

ter for most students this com­

ing fall, with touchtone registra­

tion now frilly operational at I U P U I . (

"Alm ost all the schools allow touchtone registration now,"

said Richard Slocum, registrar and associate dean of Student Affairs.

F or some 400 to 500 students

each day, touchtone registration has replaced the frustration and sore feet engendered by the more traditional method.

Despite the large num ber now using the telephone system, • Slocum said, the system w as capahle o f handling m any more.

“W e have 32 (telephone) lines,"

he said, “and the moat I‘ve y e n in use at any time w as nine.^

Slocum said that 'he expects more students will use it as "the schools and students become fa ­ m iliar with (the system)."

In order to register by tele­

phone, students need to go to their school, fill out telephone registration authorisation form s and ask that the forms be for­

warded to the registrar’s office.

The authorization form is used to take the place o f the academic adviser’s signature on the pres­

ent form. "The key," Slocum said, “iy to m ake certain the class has been cleared by aca­

demic advising."

A fter the traditional postcard sized registratiq£g|gppintm ent

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notification has been received, the system will be ready to ac­

cept a student’s course request.

Once that is done the system will guide students, step by step, through the registration process, , Slocum said. '

Slocum cautioned that the hours of registration assigned to a student still atftfy.

“People m ade the assumption

that they could register ahead of time," he said.

“Instead," he said, “they are told the correct time," during which they should register.

An additional advantage of reach-out registration is a ‘ two- hour window" after the end o f the regular half-hour period during which students can still call.

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SET Phase II progress slowed

B y M I C K M c G R A T H Progress on the construction o f the second phase o f the Science, Engineering and Technology complex has been slow this semester.

"I don't think much time has been wasted," said Terry Clapncs, vice president for facilities for Indiana University,

"although it looks like ju st a hole in the ground."

Excavation o f the site between Bright and Blackford streets south of M ichigan Street, com­

pleted in early January, took less time than expected, said Clapacs.

Berns Construction Co. Inc.

not only came in with a bid

$61,000 lower than the estimated $105,000 coat for the excavation but aleo finished two months ahead o f the allotted time.

A s a consequence, there w as a lag between scheduled work.

A d ding to that la g w as the de­

cision last week to put off the rerouting o f aewer lines around ths site, scheduled to begin this week, until early M ay to avoid parking and traffic problem s during the last month o f the spring semester.

Portions o f B righ t Street would have to be d o sed on two different occasions while m an ­ holes are placed in the street, said Phil Tapp, engineer o f con­

struction for Contractors United, ths contractor aw ard ed ths sewer project.

"It w ould be a good, day and a h a lf each tim e," said Tapp.

Some parking south o f V e r ­ mont Street in Lot 84 will be tem porarily lost due to ths pro­

ject, said Tapp.

T ap p estim ated the sewer rerouting will take a month to

five w eeks to complete.

In the meantime, Indianapolis Pow er and Light w as on cam pus last week to move three power

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des from ths west side o f lackford Street to the east side o f the street to make w ay for ths rerouted sew er lines.

In the next few weeks, the In ­ dianapolis W ater Company will locate and remove from around the site old service lines not in use any longer. T h s work is not expected to interfere with traffic or parking.

Phase II o f the S E T complex will complete ths move o f ths School of Engineering and Tech­

nology from ths 38th Street campus. Only 20 percent of the School o f Science will move into Phase II, leaving the depart­

ments of mathematics, psychol­

ogy, physics and chemistry at 38th Street.

M id -te rm g ra d es r e in sta te d

B y D A V E C L A R K

In what one university official called "an effort to improve retention," freshmen students will receive mid-term grades b e ­ ginning with the upcoming fall semester. *

"It’s part o f our continuing commitment to help keep stu ­ dents in school," Richard Slocum, associate dean o f S tu ­ dent A ffairs said.

The plan to provide freshman students with n grade at the mid point o f their first semester is not new on the I U P U I campus.

"It w as used about 15 years ago here, and they do it (m id ­ term grad es) on the Bloom ing­

ton cam pus," said S an d ra L.

Pfeiffer, associate dean o f U n i­

versity Division.

U niversity Division is enthusiastic about the plan’s im ­ plementation, Pfeiffer said, b e ­ cause academic advisers "would find mid-term grade information useful" in helping stud enU choose classes.

In the past, she said, students sometimes were u naw are that they were having problem s in a particular class. “If a student

needs a tutor, for example, then we need to know about that as soon as possible."

A potential problem, Pfeiffer said, is that a num ber o f classes are not structured to provide a mid-term grade. “Sometimes, there’s no real grade to base an evaluation on."

A s with end o f the semester grades, Slocum said that m id­

term grades would be mailed to students.

“M y guess," Pfeiffer said, laughing, "is that nobody likes another form to fill out, a l­

though this w o n t be any real problem for us."

Slocum said that overall reten­

tion is about 75 percent for fineshmen students.

" I f a student is enrolled during the fall semester, and doesnt return in the spring then it could be a retention problem ,"

he said. In some cases the reten­

tion rate is difficult to determine because "there’s a significant num ber o f the undergraduate population" who do not attend classes each semester, Slocum said.

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Election

Continued from PaQe 1 em inent, only S ena tor-at-large Cindi W a lk e r and E ngineering and Technology Senator C hris W adelton are candidates in ths election.

G len da Smith, 8tudant G o v­

ernment president, said that ahe it not running because the graduates in M ay.

Smith has applied for the student trustee position on the I U Board o f Trustees, a posi­

tion appointed by ths gov­

ernor.

Fong is also grad uatin g in M ay, and will also not run.

O f the current government members, "There were quite a few who wanted to run again,"

said Smith. She said that some had problem s getting enough signatures to qualify for candi­

dacy.

N o write-in votes will be al- lowed, according to the Senate Constitution, therefore every candidate m ust be confirmed by the Election Committee of the Student Senate. One o f the confirmation criteria is that a candidate gather the signa­

tures o f 2.5 percent or .5 per­

cent o f the student body, depending on the office.

Rebecca Reuieow, School o f Education senator, w ill not run because she did not receive enough signatures to

Candidates for Student Government

ICimboty Wri*hi Senator At Large Bryan Ciyou Benjamin Croeson

Jeffrey Qanoic Kris Reible Cynthia Walker School of Educetioa

Greer Leise

School of EngineerIng/Techaofcgy Chris Wadelton School of Science

David Benz be nominated. Reuseow is aleo president o f the Education S tu d en U Association C oundl.

W illiam Schilling, senator at large, also did not receive enough signatures.

Jacob Atanga, la w school senator, w ill not run again be­

cause he is president o f the Student B a r Association.

I f all the divisional senator positions are not filled the vice president can contact the stu­

dent coundl, dean, or director o f the school or division o f the position and request a nominee for the position.

In the case of the position o f senator at large, nomination for a replacement can be m ade by any m em ber o f the 8tudent Senate or Executive Branch.

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Em ployees with drug problem s urged to seek iielp

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towards m anagem ent positions, said Pofifenberger. A n educe - tional program geared toward

•mployaas is not in ths works as ofyet.

I U P U I ’s policy also sU to s that an smployas “whoa# us# o f con­

trolled substances aw ay from the university can reasonably b#

•stablishsd to b# the cause o f poor attendance or performance problem s" be counseled or seek rehabilitation.

IlT s "Procedure for H andling Alcohol and D ru g A bu se" h and­

book lists these behaviors and symptoms as possible indica­

tions o f drug abuse:

— difficulty in concentration (cannot recall own mistakes,

work takes more time and ef­

fort)

— poor relationships on the jo b (w ide sw ings in moods and morale, increased sensitivity to argum ents)

— lowered jo b efficiency (m issed deadlines, uninterested in w ork)

— absenteeism (frequent tar­

diness on Mondays and/or returning from lunch, frequent tripe to the w ater fountain or restroom)

— hand tremor#

— red or bleary eyes

— frequent odor jof alcohol on breath

—* flushed face

— hangover on job /

— m arked change in disposi­

tion or appearance

Concert series offers world-class music

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tals by N a i-Y u a n H u and A ngela Cheng on Tuesday, and the Chester S tring Q uartet on April 19.

Both concerts arts part o f the Continuing 1988-89 Artist Con­

cert Series sponsored by the I U School o f Music at I U P U I .

On Tuesday, H u, 1985 First Prize winner o f the Queen Elisabeth International C o n te ^ in Belgium will join with Angela Cheng, a doctoral candidate in the I U School o f Music in Bloomington, in a concert begin­

ning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $7 for general a d ­ mission and $4 for students and are available at the door or at the music school's office in M ary Cable 008, 525 N . Blackford St.

Office hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., M onday through F ri­

day. Information on the concert is available by calling 274-4000.

Violinist H u w as b o m in Taiw an in 1961 and began studying music at the age of five.

Since m aking his Am erican debut with the N e w H aven Symphony in 1974, H u has per­

formed with m any different or­

chestras in the U nited States.

In 1979, he gave his Carnegie pei Ut

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In the same book it adds,

"W hether the employee seeks help or not, the attendance or work performance problems will be dealt with in normal progres­

sive discipline steps such as oral warning,' written warning, suspension and discharge."

"It is up to the supervisors to Enforce the policy dealing with the employees," Poffenberger said, adding that the program encourages supervisors to talk and help deal with employees’

abuse problem#;

Travis said that some o f the symptoms fdr dru g abuse do not alw ays indicate a drug problem.

" I f you’re suspicion is that (w ork problem s) are because of the use of some substance, you should talk to (the worker),"

Travis said, adm itting that “one o f the very big phqblems of drug abuse is denial."

The supervisor m anual states that rehabilitation treatments could be paid through health in­

surance benefits and are 4n ac­

ceptable reason for leave of a b ­ s e n c e ! ^

An employee request for a s ­ sistance will be treated as con­

fidential by the supervisor, and only people “needing to know"

will be made aw are of the re­

quest, according to the manual.

The drug-free policy is ongoing and will continue to be a great

’’ffifiuence on funding, much like federal highway funds were bed to states’ compliance with the federally set 55 mph speed limit.

Recital H all debut after w inning the Y ou ng Artists Competition.

Following his win in the Queen Elisabeth Competition, H u toured in Brussels, Liege, Antw erp, Am sterdam , Tr.e H ague and P aris.

Cheng, who will accompany H u on the piano, has received enthusiastic acclaim throughout North Am erica and abroad for her technique and musicianship as an orchestral soloist and recitalist.

She appeared at the Confer­

ence Center in Novem ber in the inaugural concert o f the Artist Concert Series.

A s a soloist, Cheng has ap- ared with the Cincinnati, tah, G ran d Rapids, Edmonton, C B C Vancouver and Montreal Symphony Orchestras as well as the Israel Philharmonic.

A t IU , Cheng is both a pupil and assistant to noted pianist Menohem Pressler.

The Chester String Quartet, a chamber ensemble, will appear in concert on W ednesday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Described by The Boston Globe as “on* of the best and brightest o f the country’s young string quartets,” the group won first .prize at the 1985 Discovery

Competition.

Ticket information is available by calling 274-4000.

OPINION

Remove offensive public notices

T o the E d it o r :

Last week on a class break in the Business Building, I was a p ­ palled to see on our bulletin boards prominent ads for a local bar and one soliciting strippers for n local show.

You don’t have to be a militant feminist or a prude to be in ­ sulted by this.

I would suggest to students who react as I do that they remove such offending ads from

our common property.

As for the purely commercial ads for credit cards, film, etc., I would suggest student organiza­

tions charge a fee from com­

panies which use our space and which distract passers-by from

ads o f academic interest or notices plnced by I U P U I stu­

dents.

1 call on the deans and I U P U I police force to exclude u n­

authorized use of our space for offensive or profit-making p u r­

poses.

M a r t in C. S p e c h le r A s s o c ia t e P r o f e s s o r E c o n o m ic s

Board charges senators to set ambitious goals

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to save its idealistic chal­

lenges for graduation addresses and church benedictions.

There challenges can seem old-fashioned or, simply put, too unrealistic. When combined with the light-heartedness one feels at the completion of school or a church service, the message can be lost.

This idealism must never be lost, however.

Accomplishments don’t just happen, they require planning.

Therefore, the Editorial Board charges the can­

didates for Student Senate and president of the Student Government to take a moment from next week’s voting to reflect on their goals for next year.

Each elected student officer represents a group of constituents who are no less real and no less im­

portant than those represented by senators to the Indiana and U.S. senates.

These constituents, each and every IUPUI student, want a government that is responsive to their needs. They want their voices heard in:

• discussions concerning tuition increases;

• planning for mandatory fees, such as the upcoming technology fee;

• parking issues, including the cost of tickets, the availability of spaces and the condition of gravel parking lots;

• on-campus housing availability and how that will be affected by the Olympic training facility to be built on campus.

Review what the current government has ac­

complished, then aim your sights higher.

Some 25,000 people are relying on your hard work and good judgment. Thfs position is much more than just a line on a resume or a good way to meet new people.

It is a considerable responsibility.

____ _________________ —The Editorial Board

Campus Inquiry Do you know who your Student Senate representative is?

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“ No, b ecau se I don’t read

The Sagamore.n

“No. I go in th e even in gs to class, so I don't know ."

“No. I h av e h eard a little bit abou t them (the S en ate) ju s t by readin g the p ap er.”

“No. T h e only th in g th a t I’v e seen th em do is w a lk in g around w ith the sh eet to sign. I h a v e n ’t seen an y speech es or broch u res or an y th in g ."

“ I h av e no idea."

April 3,1089

The SAGAMORE

O P I N I O N / P a g e 7

Indiaiia fails to respond to needs of poor Hoosiers

N O T C O N T E N T W I T H getting the grade o f "F " for h avin g the highest black infant mortality rate in its state capital, Indiana now brings home to its citizens a

“D " on its civic report card in the effec­

tiveness o f its A id to Fam ilies with D e ­ pendent Children programs.

According to a M arch 11 story in The Indianapolis Star, the U .S . House W ays and M eans Committee recently graded each state on how effectively it appor­

tioned aid and benefits to its poor citizens, as well as the appropriateness o f the criteria used to determine such aid. The Hoosier state shares the shame o f its “D ” w ith 16 other states.

A dding Hhock to numbness, the same story reported that two bills recently- died in the Indiana General Assem bly that would have increased eligibility criteria and benefits for the state’s poor.

Current eligibility standards in Indi­

an a include a limitation o f $1,000, with some exceptions, including home- ownership, on the parent or guardian’s assets. To qualify for A F D C , the child or children m ust be deprived o f the paren ­ tal support or care o f one or both parents. In other words, a poor child of two parents who are living together is not eligible for A F D C , although there is a federal pilot program starting in Indiana that w ould change this standard as an encouragement for fam ilies to stay to­

gether.

F U R T H E R M O R E , i f a parent or guardian is accepting welfare, he or she c m ust participate in the child-support program. In this program , the parent or guardian must a s s ig f all their rights to child support over to\he welfare depart­

ment. W h en the non-custodial parent pays child support, the parent with custody can keep $50 and the rest must be turned back to the A F D C program u n­

til the past amount o f assistant^ has been repaid.

Anyone who is wondering why

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Karen Cohen

eligibility should be increasecKcould ponder on the myriad ways a single parent with three children could spend the $346 that is the m aximum allotment for such a family. For good measure, and perhaps to make sure the poor are not frivolously frittering aw ay their money, the state o f Indiana reduces by 10 per­

cent the A F D C amount set by the federal government.

T H E S E D R A B and sorry facts droop even more sadly against the backdrop of the large wads o f cash — up to $150 m il­

lion — the city is w illin g to spend on the Circle Centre M all and the giddy plans brew ing to develop parts o f W hite River P ark into a family amusement center.

It is not amusement or fun but irony that wanders Indiana. It is ironic that, in the long run, poverty is very expensive.

It is expensive to the state, the nation and most o f all to the individual.

I wish Indiana’s patriotic part-time legislative body would come and live in the lower income apartm ent complex that I, in my so-called salad days as a student, live.

It m ight open their fists by way o f their hearts and minds if they could experi­

ence firsthand the expense o f poverty,. It might do them good to live someplace where the paint and wood facade peel from their underlying structure as if they are ashamed to be attached to the build-' i n f c , M

wI M e L E G I S L A T O R S could come to learn how impotent rage dam ages the hum an spirit when languid apartm ent m anagem ent smugly ignores tenant com­

plaints. The landlord knows the tenant rarely has the resources to move out or force compliance when the roof leaks, the mailboxes are vandalized or weary a p ­ pliances break down.

'Hie hidden costs of poverty have a ga s­

eous odor that can be smelled on cold winter mornings, when the pack o f primer-toned old cars that alternately prowl a if t die in the parking lot like a group of rusty, misbred curs, are snarled, coughed and choked to life .. To resus­

citate themselves in the m orning cold, the auto must rev for a h alf hour or so.

A nd the poisonous fumes waft through old carburetors and cracked mufflers up into my window, and in my neighbors’

windows where lives a very beautiful and bright two-year-old boy who smells leaded and toxic gas for breakfast.

Poor people usually have neither the credit nor capital to buy clean and perky new cars. All they can do is to keep transplanting organs of questionable viability into the old wrecks — a practice that over time, could pay for several new vehicles.

T H E P O O R P A Y for their plight with the sacrifice of that most precious and personal o f commodities: time.

W h ile the well-heeled may chose to live on the edges o f the city and trade hours o f commuting for suburban distance as they talk to who-knows-who about God- knows-what on their cellular phones, the poor wait on the com er, for the bulldog of a bus to come lum bering along.

A ll things being equal, it takes me a p ­ proximately 12 minutes to drive from my apartm ent to downtown. But if my car should malfunction, break down or simp­

ly go on strike in sympathy with other transportation workers, I would catch the M etro bus at 8:02 a.m. and arrive at the circle at 8:45 a.m. A difference of 31 minutes between swift car and bouncing bus. Sixty-two minutes both ways. Three hundred and ten minutes a week. 15,500

minutes, or 258 hours in a 50-week year Ten and three-fourths days.

T E N D A Y S T H A T could be spent reading to a small child, or training a shelter-bred dog into a companion. Ten days that could be used to go to the zoo or volunteer at the W heeler Mission. Or ten lazy days that could nse up from a person's mind, filled with the rainbow hues of fantasies and dreams of the fu ­ ture — time to find the dreams that are the' raw and cool clay an intentionally sculpted life is created out of.

David ^Bradley, in his novel ‘T h e ChAneysville Incident,” writes that one way tosgrasp the unspoken truths that operate in a society is by a comparison of the bathroom facilities among airplanes, trains and buses. In general, as the patrons change from wealthy or middle- class white travelers usi'ng swift and ex- 1 pensive transportation to poorer and darker pilgrims moving more slowly and cheaply, the toilets become dirtier, less • functional and more offensive to the sense and smell of human dignity.

The General Assem bly is amputating that human dignity when it cuts so un­

knowingly and uncan ngly on the needs of Indiana’s poor. Not only the dignity of the poor, but the much vaunted Hoosier pride of all Indiana citizens is harmed

‘when the poor of our state are unable to meet basic needs of food, shelter and medical care. Is it no wonder we boast . the highesk black infant mortality rate of the nation n ght here in Circle City? •

T H E L E G I S L A T U R E docsn ’i seem to appreciate what poverty really means No vision of a shining mall or plans to bring Olympic athletes to frolic in Iry • dianapolis can anesthetize us against our shabby civic performance.

A s an observer o f our representative democracy I am disgusted and outraged by this status.

As a human being, I am ashamed.

Favors done for strangers are best kind of kindness

Anne F rank wrote in her fam ous diary on July 15,1944, “In spite o f everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."

Some days I think she w as nothing but a naive kid who couldn’t recognize that most people are basically concerned with themselves,- and to hell with everyone else.

v A n d some days, like today, I see the ’ 'basic goodness, ju st like A nne did.

A woman came into our office today and asked to use our telephone so she could touch-tone register her classes.

There were only four minutes left in her registration period and she seemed dis­

tressed, so we allowed her to use the tele­

phone.

It seems crass to mention that she was foreign and spoke with a noticeable ac­

cent, but this information is necessary to the story.

After a couple o f minutes she asked our sports editor Rick Morwick for help. She said there w as a language problem, and she couldn’t understand the instructions.

Rick came to her aid. He listened to the computerized voice and asked her ques­

tions until he completed the process for her.

For 15 or 20 minutes Rick helped this damsel in distress. There w as no possible rew ard for him. H e did it ju st becau se he’s a good guy.

It’s those unexpected kindnesses that I rem em ber most.

| Once I w as downtown alone at night, and I had to retrieve my car from a park ­ ing garage. A n d I w as out o f cash. I could have w alked several blocks to an auto-

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matic teller machine, bu t I didn’t feel safe doing that.

So I pulled up to the window and told the clerk I’d give him my name, address, license plate num ber and telephone num ­ ber before I left - then I would return and pay the next day. I figured I w asn ’t the first person ever caught in this situation.

He started to hand me a form to fill out, then he em erged from his booth and looked to see i f anyone w as around. The coast w as clear. The next minute his fin­

ger hit the button, and the bar lifted.

“G o on ahead,” he said with a smile. I don’t know which o f us was happier at that moment. He had definitely learned the jo y'of giving.

It was ju st about this time last year when a city clerk m ade my day by bend­

ing the rules.

M y husband and I had filc^d our federal tax return early to get our refund, but we waited until the end o f M arch to fill out our state forms. W e owed $10 or some­

thing.

Anyw ay, I “put the envelope in my purse - planning to make a copy - and promptly forgot about it. I found it again the night of April 17.

I w as panicked. I w as paranoid. I was sure I w as going to prison for awhile, or

else I’d have to pay a huge fine that would negate our healthy refund.

I walked into the City B uilding w ith.a knot in my stomach and a lum p in my throat. I yvas totally at their mercy.

The clerk behind the counter said it w as no big deal to be late if I w as getting a refund. Am id h a lf a dozen apologies I admitted I wasn’t:

M aybe honesty shows through some­

how. She quickly stamped my return with an earlier date and whispered for me to get going before someone in the of-

fice wandered over and asked what was going on.

I whispered my thanks and got out of there in a hurry.

That woman didn’t know me and I doubt if she will ever see me again. But 'she saw a person in distress, and she responded. H er only rew ard was the satisfaction of helping someone.

These three • favors weren’t done for friends or with any thought fpr recompense. They were done out of the basic goodness o f the human spirit.

P a g e 8 -The SAGAMORE

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